Robert Reich
January 1, 2019
As we begin the new year, here are 6 reasons for hope.
6 Reasons for Hope in Trump Times
As we begin the new year, here are 6 reasons for hope.
Posted by Robert Reich on Monday, December 31, 2018
Making Thousands a day scamming folks credit cards!
VICE News
January 1, 2019
A credit card scammer explains how he makes thousands in one day.
Making Thousands a Day from Credit Card Scams
A credit card scammer explains how he makes thousands in one day.
Posted by VICE News on Tuesday, December 18, 2018
What Are America’s Priorities?
U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders
January 1, 2019
Watch this Danish conservative economist help prove the point about how all people should have quality health care, higher education and child care in a civilized society.
Watch this Danish conservative economist help prove the point about how all people should have quality health care, higher education and child care in a civilized society.
Posted by U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders on Tuesday, January 1, 2019
$1 trillion in stock buy backs provide no real benefit to the economy.
Robert Reich
December 30, 2018
This year corporations spent a record $1 trillion buying back shares of their own stock. These massive buybacks only pad the bonuses of corporate executives and wealthy investors, and provide no real benefit to the economy. They must be outlawed.
Trump's Stock Buyback Bamboozle
This year corporations spent a record $1 trillion buying back shares of their own stock. These massive buybacks only pad the bonuses of corporate executives and wealthy investors, and provide no real benefit to the economy. They must be outlawed.
Posted by Robert Reich on Sunday, December 30, 2018
Black Lung Epidemic
VICE News posted an episode of VICE News Tonight
December 29, 2018
This Kentucky politician couldn’t provide evidence to support his law that requires black lung diagnoses to come from pulmonologists.
That doesn’t make a difference to coal miner Michael Sizemore, who still has black lung despite being diagnosed by a radiologist.
The Law That Will Make It Harder For Coal Miners To Get Black Lung Benefitsa
This Kentucky politician couldn't provide evidence to support his law that requires black lung diagnoses to come from pulmonologists.That doesn't make a difference to coal miner Michael Sizemore, who still has black lung despite being diagnosed by a radiologist.
Posted by VICE News on Tuesday, December 18, 2018
Lessons we should have learned from the financial crisis that caused the Great Recession
Robert Reich
December 29, 2018
After another wild week in the stock market, here are the 3 biggest lessons we should have learned from the financial crisis that caused the Great Recession. We didn’t, to our continuing peril.
What America Should've Learned from the 2008 Financial Crisis
After another wild week in the stock market, here are the 3 biggest lessons we should have learned from the financial crisis that percipitated the Great Recession. We didn't, to our continuing peril.
Posted by Robert Reich on Saturday, December 29, 2018
No Justice in our bail system!
NowThis
December 29, 2018
Our bail system has less to do with justice and more to do with economic slavery for people of color (via Color of Change, illustrations by Molly Crabapple)
John Legends Explains Why the Bail System Needs to Change
Our bail system has less to do with justice and more to do with economic slavery for people of color (via Color Of Change, illustrations by Molly Crabapple)
Posted by NowThis on Friday, December 28, 2018
Nearly $1 billion in taxpayer money went to ICE’s for-profit prisons this year
Robert Reich
December 28, 2018
Nearly $1 billion in taxpayer money went to ICE’s for-profit prisons this year, where undocumented immigrants work for as little as a dollar a day. Privatization meets forced labor.
Nearly $1 billion in taxpayer money went to ICE’s for-profit prisons this year, where undocumented immigrants work for as little as a dollar a day. Privatization meets forced labor.
Posted by Robert Reich on Thursday, December 27, 2018
Video of trump’s speech to the troops!
GZERO World with Ian Bremmer
Video of trump’s speech to the troops! Sets the record straight on WWII and Vietnam.
"I'd have done the Christmas bombing by Thanksgiving."
EXCLUSIVE video of Trump's speech to the troops. Sets the record straight on WW2 and Vietnam.
Posted by GZERO World with Ian Bremmer on Thursday, December 27, 2018
America needs a universal health care system!
Senator Bernie Sanders
December 27, 2018
It was true in 1993 and it’s true now: the time is long long overdue for the United States to join the rest of the industrial world and have a universal health care system.
Bernie in 1993: The United States Needs Universal Health Care
It was true in 1993 and it is true now: the time is long, long overdue for the United States to join the rest of the industrialized world and have a universal health care system.
Posted by U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders on Thursday, December 27, 2018